The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-10-11

HOIk you require 6C my QdQQS, 10 us
charge these great responsibilities you
propose to lay upon my shoulders /"
He set his heart and feelings at the idea
of doing this great work. But God
told him, now says He. in order for his
comfort, knew you before l formed
you in the belly. He said He knew him
in the spirit world, that he would ac-
complish that which the Lord require
at his hands; land before thou CONTEST
forth from the womb, / sanctified thee
and ordained thee to be a prophet TO
the nations" Heswent forth, and
| through the power of The Almighty,
Jermlah accomplished that which the
Lord required at his hands. Now, it
was so with Enoch. Enoch was man
who had worked and accomplished
that which was required of him, and he
became great and mighty man.
But when he was called to
accomplish his great and mighty
mission his heart sunk within him. He
| looked around him and saw The wicked
ness on every hand. and said he to
| God, Il am but chlld, and everybody
hates me. . They hated him because
he, seeing the wIckedness, like right
eous man, told them of it, and warned
| them of their destruction-th was The
resscn the people hated him.
Now the Lord does very different
from the dolngs of men. He works
different. The Apostle Paul said that.
He said: You are called. 1t is not the
wise that are called but God has called
the foolish to confound those which are
wise" And these apostles which God
called, which Jesus, the Son of God
called. and laid his hands upon them
and bestowed upon them his priesthood
and his authority TO accomplish his
work, they were not educated; they did
not comprehend the sciences, they did
not occupy high positions in Judeah-
they were poor and illiterate; of humble
callings in life; their occupations
many of them; was that of fishe:-
men. Well, then, the Lord is diff
ferent. He makes His calls different
from those calls made by men. And
people are very apt to be deceived in re-
gard to the operations of God in his
callings; the best of men, the wisest of
men are ofttimes deceived. Moses was
deceived il regard to how the Lord
would enable him to accomplish what
he required but he was informed after.
| The Lord helped and aided him in a
marvellous way, in convincing his
brethren, Israel, when he was seen by
the great Jehovah. He couDseled with
| them and told them his mission and
they finally consented. They accepted
and received his counselS and his leader
ship and he brought them forth out
of the land of bondage in
Egypt. He was successful, not
successful through his own wisdom;
but he ascribed all his success to the
Almighty God who called him. And so
do we. Now, when we look upon the
beauties which surround US, the com
| Portable homes of every variety, when
We see the people dwelling in the midst
of luxury, with their pianos and organs,
sending their children to the highest
schools in the land, does it not lead US
to think: Who were they twenty years
ago? What was their condition for y
years ago? They werein poverty. Their
prosreCrs were the most darkening
unaGinable. They we're in danger every
hour of the Gay Of being turned out I
employment with good prospects Oh
going into the street and begging for a
living, and perhaps of seeing their chill
ren starving to oath.
New they have tbeSe buildings. They
have fine carriages IN which they can
can lake their wives and children out
riding; they 6aU send their children TO
seminaries and the highest institutions
of learning in the land; and who has ac-
complished all this in this short period
OF time? Has 1t been by their own
strength and ability? Would they
have been here unless the power
of the Almighty had been exercised in
their behalf; unless the Holy Ghost had
called upon them and showed them that
God listened to their cries and heard
their supplications, and saw them in
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the children of Israel when He sent His
servants 10 open show them the way God
bad prepared, by which they could
secure, not only their temporal, bnt also
tneir spiritual salvation, when the Lord
called them as He did Abraham, Isaac
and Jacob and the children of
Israel into the promised land,
that they should be His PEG
pie and become mighty
nation before the God of Israel. And ii
was through miraculous operations of
The Holy Spirit that they conceived tie
idea of coming to these valleys. Had
not God operated upon their minds in q
miraculous way, the thousands | see
before me composing this audience
would not have been here. Many of
them who were left would have been
dragging our miserable lives IN the
most OF poverty. NOW Iuey are esGAD-
lished in a state OF independence. GOD
has provided for them and their pros
poets are as good as couli be desired.
There are a thousand ways in
which God has blessed them
Blessed them in marvellous manner.
Opened their. understanding and given
them that freedom that comes from the
spirit of the Lord. They have ever
known the things Of God by the revels-
ton of his mind and will, and taught
that tie associations that are formed
here, will be possessed by them in the
eternal worlds. Fathers, mothers, |
sisters, brothers-yes, mothers who see
their lovely ones expiring by their side, |
know that they will be theirs in the
spirit world, and that they will have |
them as they lay them down. The |
wife when she sees her husband |
diving, when his life is ebbiDg away |
from him, she knows she will have him |
again, and she sees comfort, copsola- |
ton aud Joy, that is given by the reve
lations of the Almighty, IN that she will |
possess her husband in the eternal |
worlds. The same forms of relation.
ship here will still exist beyond the |
vail; the ties here formed will grow